From The Food Encyclopedia by Jacques Rolland and Carol Sherman
A bright red cloyingly sweet syrup, traditionally made from pomegranate juice and sugar. Modern grenadine is sometimes made with the real juice, but is more often than not just a combination of water, sugar and artificial color and flavoring. Grenadine is added to mixed drinks to give them color and sweetness. It's the featured ingredient in the nonalcoholic kiddie cocktails Shirley Temple and Roy Rogers.
